11.5.09

The US

Några lagar som är åt det lite mer underliga hållet.
Det kanske inte är ngåon som orkar läsa alla dessa, men de är verkligen hysteriskt roliga vissa av dem.
Det finns fler för de som vill läsa mer här.
Alabama
It is illegal to play dominoes on Sunday.
It is illegal to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church.
Putting salt on a railroad track may be punishable by death.

Alaska
In Fairbanks, it is illegal to feed alcoholic beverages to a moose(älg).

Arizona
In Tucson, it is illegal for women to wear pants.
In Glendale, it is illegal to drive a car in reverse.

California
It is illegal to set a mousetrap without a hunting license.
In Long Beach, it is illegal to curse on a mini-golf course.

Colorado
In Logan County, it is illegal for a man to kiss a woman while she is asleep.

Connecticut
In Hartford, it is illegal to educate a dog.

Florida
In Sarasota, it is illegal to sing while wearing a bathing suit.

Georgia
In Quitman, it is illegal for a chicken to cross a road.

Hawaii
It is illegal to appear in public wearing only swimming trunks.

Idaho
Also in Pocatello, "It is prohibited for pedestrians and motorists to display frowns, grimaces, scowls, threatening and glowering looks, gloomy and depressed facial appearances, generally all of which reflect unfavorably upon the city's reputation."
Boxes of candy given as romantic gifts must weigh more than 50 pounds.

Illinois
In Chicago, it is illegal to fish in one's pajamas.
In Chicago, it is illegal to take a French poodle to the opera.
In Gurnee, it is illegal for women weighing more than 200 pounds to ride horses in shorts.
In Joliet, it is illegal to mispronounce the name Joliet.

Indiana
Monkeys are forbidden to smoke cigarettes in South Bend.

Kansas
In Lang, it is illegal to ride a mule down Main Street in August, unless the animal is wearing a straw hat.

Kentucky
It is illegal to remarry the same man four times.

Louisiana
It is considered "simple assault" to bite someone in New Orleans; it is "aggravated assault" if the biter has false teeth.

Maine
In Portland, it is illegal for men to tickle women under the chin with feather dusters.

Maryland
In Baltimore, it is illegal to wash or scrub sinks, no matter how dirty they get.
Every person who has bowled since 1833 may be fined $2 for each offense.
In Halethorpe, it is illegal to kiss for more than one second.
It's illegal to play Randy Newman's "Short People" on the radio.

Massachusetts
In Boston, it is illegal to take a bath unless one has been ordered by a physician to do so.
In 1659, the state outlawed Christmas.

Michigan
A state law stipulates that a woman's hair legally belongs to her husband.
In Detroit, it is illegal to make love in a car unless it is parked on your property.

Minnesota
Women may face up to 30 days in jail if they impersonate Santa Claus.

Mississippi
It is still legal to kill one's servant(tjänare).


Nebraska
In Waterloo, barbers are forbidden from eating onions between 7am and 7pm.
It is illegal for bar owners to sell beer unless they are simultaneously brewing a kettle of soup.

Nevada
It is illegal to drive a camel on the highway.
In Eureka, men who wear moustaches are forbidden from kissing women.


New Jersey
It is illegal to slurp soup.

North Carolina
In Asheville, it is illegal to sneeze on city streets.

North Dakota
It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep with your shoes on.

Ohio
In Columbus, it is illegal for stores to sell corn flakes on Sunday.

Oklahoma
People who make "ugly faces" at dogs may be fined and/or jailed.

Pennsylvania
"Any motorist who sights a team of horses coming toward him must pull well off the road, cover his car with a blanket or canvas that blends with the countryside, and let the horses pass. If the horses appear skittish, the motorist must take his car apart, piece by piece, and hide it under the nearest bushes."

Rhode Island
In Providence, it is illegal to sell toothpaste and a toothbrush to the same customer on a Sunday.

South Carolina
No horses are allowed into Fountain Inn unless they are wearing pants.

South Dakota
It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep in a cheese factory.

Tennessee
It is illegal to use a lasso to catch a fish.

Texas
It is illegal to milk another person's cow.
In Mesquite, it is illegal for children to have unusual haircuts.

Vermont
It is illegal to deny the existence of God.
It is illegal to whistle underwater.

Washington
It is illegal to pretend that one's parents are rich.

West Virginia
It is illegal to snooze on a train.

Wisconsin
In St. Croix, women are not allowed to wear anything red in public.
It is illegal to cut a woman's hair.
It is illegal to kiss on a train.

Wyoming
It is illegal to wear a hat that obstructs people's view in a public theater or place of amusement.

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